Legal Opinion
Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Atwood
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 31, 1951No. A-3126PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson
The parties will be identified as in the trial court where the Atwoods were plaintiffs and the defendants were the Humble Oil & Refining Company, the King Ranch, a corporation, and various members of the King and Kleberg families.
The principal question is: Can an oil and gas lease be adjudicated to be both a mortgage and a grant of minerals under a line of cases beginning with Stamper v. Johnson, 3 Texas 1, and continuing through Bradshaw v. McDonald, 147 Texas 455, 216 S. W. 2d 972? The answer is “No.”
We reach this question as a result of long and involved litigation between the Atwoods and…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Moore v. SnowballTexas Supreme Court · 1904
- Willis v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Duty v. GrahamTexas Supreme Court · 1854
- Ruffier v. WomackTexas Supreme Court · 1867
- Bradshaw v. McDonaldTexas Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Cove Investments, Inc. v. MangesTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Genzer v. City of Mission, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1983
- Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. FisherTexas Supreme Court · 1952
- Jackson v. Associated Developers of LubbockCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Moore County v. BergnerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
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